OpenRC F1 Blinking Rainlight V2.0 - Controllable from remote

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Blinking Rainlight V2.0 supports the OpenRC F1 by Daniel Noree. You can see how it works in this video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tqk83c3zg8A. The models for Blinking Rainlight were created by Dark-Hawk, who also made the modified diffuser and rainlight glass designs. If you like his work, please visit Thingiverse to find his original code that supports RGB lights, and remember to post a picture of your prints with credit given. To make Blinking Rainlight, you will need: * Arduino Nano or Pro Mini * LED diode or small piece of LED strip * 150 ohm resistor * Wires Here is the diagram for this setup: It's designed to fit on all remotes with three channels or more. This set up is easy to make, even if you don't have much experience in soldering. Depending on the LED you will be using, you might need to change the resistor. So remember to check the voltage required for your LED. You can use an online LED calculator: http://led.linear1.org/1led.wiz. Here is a video that explains how to make the setup: https://www.youtube.com/embed/q56HWghxfAU. To upload the code, follow these steps: * Download and install the Arduino IDE software (Link: https://www.arduino.cc). * Connect the Arduino to your computer with the USB cable. * Open the Arduino IDE software and load the *.ino file. * Go to Tools>Board – Select the board you are using. * Go to Tools>Port – Select the Port you have your Arduino connected to * When everything is set up, you can then press the upload button. * If you get the “Upload Complete” in the bottom left corner, you are good to go. Note: If you have two spare channels on your remote, and want to use the potentiometer to control the rate of the blinking light, Søren Backmann has made a version that does that. You will need to use one extra cable between the receiver channel signal pin and Pin 3 (D3) on the Arduino and use the code supporting two channels. You can see how it works in this video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZmEMEgNmv2o. I want to give credit where credit is due. Daniel Noree made this amazing OpenRC F1 car, and started an OpenRC community. Dark-Hawk made the modified models of the diffuser and rainlight glass. Backmann helped me test and correct the code. Happy printing! Martin Falk-Hansen / @martinfalk3d Follow me on Instagram for more cool 3D print projects: https://youtu.be/Ccr9OSt_CmQ